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MAAEA Meeting January 2018 Meeting January 19, 2018 5-7PM Mather Elementary School Attendees: Go Sasaki, Tuyet Dinh, Kim Situ, Lieu Nguyen, Annie Le, Richard Chang Agenda: Check-Ins Member Support Time Possible Projects Announcements/Events: Tet Celebration Sunday, 2/18/18 10:30-5:00 Boston College High School 150 William Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA  Future MAAEA Meetings: March 9, 2018 April 6, 2018 May 11, 2018 June 8, 2018 Meeting Minutes: Advocate directly with the district for Lunar New Year as a day eligible for leave without loss of pay or personal leave, as it does for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Eidul-Fitr and Eidul-Adha. (We know the BTU is trying to get Lunar New Year on the contract.) Letter from MAAEA - Go will send letterhead to Richard, who will run it by the MAAEA core members. Petition from MA educators - Go will make rough draft of questions.  Could this also be a good way to identify possible people to join M...

MAAEA Meeting Friday, October 21, 2016 Josiah Quincy Upper School 152 Arlington St.  Boston, MA Attendees:  Laura Knuttunen, Jane Lee, Dzung Nguyen, Andrea So, Go Sasaki, Helen Shao, Marie Zhang Agenda:  Check-Ins Member Support Time Announcements/Events: Next Meetings: 11/18 5-7PM 12/16 5-7PM APIs4BlackLives Educator Group Work Time 11/19/16 Wah Lum Kung Fu  10th Anniversary Celebration Show/Program Celebrating the Warrior Spirit 11/12/16, 3-5 in Melrose, MA $25 No on 2 Rally  11/1/16 6:30PM on the Boston Common

MAAEA Meeting Friday, September 16, 2016 Josiah Quincy Upper School 152 Arlington St.  Boston, MA Attendees: Dzung Nguyen, Laura Knuttunen, Katie Li, Jessica Tang, Shelly Wen, Laura Le, Carol Wu, Andrea So, Helen Shao Agenda: Check In Member Support Time Announcements Announcements/Events: Oak Street (Chinatown Street Fair) Fair - Saturday 9/24 11-2  (Tabling 10-2),  At Josiah Quincy Elementary School Playground 885 Washington St., Boston MA Can anyone come and volunteer to table? 9/22 - 4-6:30 BPS ALANA get together at Meringue in JP APIs4BlackLives Educators Group Joint AARW MAAEA group Question 2 organized by CPA, BCNC and other groups In the evening of 9/30/16 Next Meetings:  10/21 5-7PM 11/18 5-7PM 12/16 5-7PM

MAAEA Meeting Friday August 19, 2016 Katie and Go’s House 5:00PM - 7:00PM Agenda Check-In Announcements Structure Goals for 2016-2017 Collaboration with DOT-i Announcements: Quincy August Moon Fest - Canvass for No on 2 (Sunday August 21 - lion dancing at 11) Vietnamese August Moon Fest - Fields’ Corner - Towns Field - August 27 MAAEA Structure for 2016-2017: Different members focus on different areas of work (see below) Core group of MAAEA members makes decisions Core members - should be willing to commit to more than just attendance Core members can make decisions outside of the monthly meeting To make decisions - e-mail core members To consult membership - e-mail list serve If a member wants to propose a project for MAAEA - need to be approved by more than 50% of the core. To become a core member - attend ~3-4 meetings in a school year, been active, reevaluate every 6 months; (question to be considered - how to account for very active...

We hope you had a good summer!  During the summer some members participated in the CPA Bikeathon and canvassed for public schools.

MAAEA Meeting March 14, 2016 Josiah Quincy Upper School 5:00PM - 7:00PM Attendees: Laura Knuttunen, Katie Li, Go Sasaki, Jianan Shi, Andrea So Agenda: Check-Ins Member Support Time BEJA Charter School Discussion Meeting Minutes: MAAEA will join BEJA Charter Schools and our communities Reach out to Family Engagement - Laura - do they have bilingual materials?  Do they have any upcoming events? Reach out to Suzanne Lee - Katie Reach out to BCNC - Andrea - figure out who ran the BCNC compact meeting Katie - Talk to Karen about their strategy on contacting and mobilizing people Reach out to BEJA -  Possible outreach events - school centered - have a few teachers from a certain school, outreach, provide MAAEA educators to be there and support? Lots of need at BLA, exam schools. What does Office of Community Engagement Do? Family Services? Next Meeting: Monday, 4/25/2016 Meet at JQUS at Sarah Chang’s room 5-7 Agenda: ...

MAAEA Meeting Minutes February 22, 2016 Josiah Quincy Upper School 5:00PM - 7:00PM Attendees: Go Sasaki, Katie Li, Jianan Shi, Richard Chang, Lukas Dow, Laura Knuttenmen, Tuyet Dinh, Shelly Wen Agenda: Check-Ins Member Support Time Superintendent Event Follow-up BEJA? Charter Cap Discussion Superintendent Event Follow-up Join BEJA? - Do we have capacity to attend meetings? - What does it mean to be a member/ What obligations do we incur? Go will ask Jessica about what is involved Finalize decision at the next meeting Charter Cap Ballot Measure Is BCNC interested in continuing this discussion? What about VietAid? Go follow-up with Carro, BCNC There seems to be a need in the Asian community, particularly Vietnamese, to build networks and get knowledge to make better decisions for students. What resources does the district have that we can access? MAAEA possibly draft a statement about charters? not anti-charters, but pro education We want quality education everyw...

MAAEA Meeting January 11, 2016 5:00PM-7:00PM Josiah Quincy Upper 152 Arlington St. Boston, MA Members Attending: Go Sasaki, Katie Li, Marie Zhang, Suzanne Lee, Sarah Chang, Yujun Yun, Jianan Shi, Dzung Nguyen, Laura Knuttunen Agenda: Check-Ins Member Support Time Charter Cap Lunar New Year Social Charter Cap Discussion: 3 ways supporters are trying to lift the charter cap - legislation, lawsuit, and ballot questions Similar concerns: most people don’t know enough of what the impact will be. We need to be more informed and to educate ourselves about this issue. Charter cap will mostly impact urban schools.  Should MAAEA plan an event to raise awareness of this issue? Lunar New Year Social: Thursday, Feb. 11, 5:30-7:30 Chinatown BCNC? JQUS? Low Key, Take-Out Potluck  Superintendent Event Debrief: +/deltas/next steps Distill input from community - posters, etc. Send public recommendations, propose next steps Next...

October 2015 Meeting Minutes MAAEA Meeting 1 Parish St. Dorchester, MA 02122 October 5, 2015 5:00PM - 7:00PM Members Attending: Richard Chang, Tuyet Dinh, Daniel Nguyen, Go Sasaki, Andrea So, Jessica Tang Agenda: Check-Ins Member Support Time Superintendent Event Discussion Superintendent Event Discussion: Perhaps include History piece - History of Chinatown tells us about discrimination, and tell us how poorly the Chinese have been treated Chinatown was the red light district Bisected by the Mass Pike Cut by the central artery Gentrification District Contacts: Makeeba McCreary - Tommy Chang’s chief of staff Representation and Staffing: Garrity #’s do not reflect the current demographics of Boston AA students - 9% Black students - 33.6% Latino Students - 40.9% White - 13.8% MA DoE 14-15 statistics AA educators - 6% Black educators - 21% Latino educators - 10% White educators - 61% BPS 2013-2014 statistics Mather SE...

MAAEA Meeting 700 Harrison Ave.  Boston, MA 02118 September 14, 2015 5:30PM to 7:30PM Blog: http://maaea.blogspot.com Google Group: maaea@googlegroups.com People in Attendance: Sarah Chang, Jessica Tang, Jianan Shih, Katie Li, Go Sasaki, Andrea So Agenda: Check-Ins Member Support Time New Superintendent Event District Data Analysis Superintendent Event: For next meeting: Katie will contact CYI Go will e-mail district at least 2x call her at least 2x Jessica will talk to people at district  Push date to November People on the Panel: Talking Points: SEI Student - see, AA teachers, identity, bullying, mental health Gen Ed Student - AA teachers, identity, bullying, mental health Parent: Understanding how things work, Language issues, SEI students being placed with teachers who do not speak their language (Kenny for Vietnamese, Jackson-Mann for Chinese).  Welcome Center, SpEd, ELL Teacher: Staffing, Placement o...

MAAEA Meeting Jobs with Justice 3353 Washington St. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 August 24, 2015 Blog: http://maaea.blogspot.com Google Group: maaea@googlegroups.com People in Attendance: Sarah Chang, Jessica Tang, Jianan Shih, Tinyan Chan, Pamela Chu, Katie Li, Go Sasaki Agenda: Check-Ins Member Support Time MAAEA Overview New Superintendent Event Member Support Time Bullying resources: NBC series on bullying Wediko - also does anti-bullying stuff Boston vs. Bullies - 5th through middle school Suffolk University will be doing a workshop series on Circles Katie should connect with Quincy teacher re UDHL? MAAEA overview Superintendent Event: Recent Events with Dr. Chang: China Pearl Dinner with Dr. Chang Chinese Parent Event (well attended, 30-40 parents Organized by Susan Oh and Angela Tang -Focus on Special Ed -Many parents want their children to go to Quincy School -Seems like a lot of Chinese SEI students are being placed ...

Massachusetts Asian American Educator’s Association Meeting Dorcester, MA April 13, 2015 5:00PM - 7:00PM Blog: http://maaea.blogspot.com Google Group: maaea@googlegroups.com People in Attendance: Go Sasaki, Katie Li, Ann Cheng, Andrea So, Jessica Tang, Rosann Tung Agenda: Check-ins Member Support Time New Superintendent Plan Spring and Summer Events Minutes: Discussion - Meeting with Superintendent Use a Racial Justice Framework for presentation What is working and not working in BPS?  SEI? Something to consider - Early Warning Implementation System An automated system that takes info on students - suspensions, etc. Schools with low risk students are resourced the same as schools with high risk students. Fund schools based on these numbers, vs based on basic numbers of ELs, SpEd, etc. Demographic information: Office of Human Capital has contacted us - they can get us information for staffing. Ethnic level information not availab...

Massachusetts Asian American Educator’s Association Meeting Dorcester, MA March 23, 2015 5:30PM - 7:30PM Blog: http://maaea.blogspot.com Google Group: maaea@googlegroups.com People in Attendance: Go Sasaki, Katie Li, Ann Cheng, Dzung Nguyen, Tuyet Dinh, Andrea Agenda: Check-ins Member Support Time New Superintendent Plan Spring and Summer Events TAG Conference May 30, 2015 at the Curley in JP Will be more of an unconference - Less structured Maybe present on Model Minority Myth, Needs of APA students New Superintendent - Tommy Chang What is he like? Michelle Wu met with Tommy Chang Goal: Put together a presentation similar to what happened with Superintendent Johnson Last time: Presentation by Peter Kiang Student Panel - addressing model minority/ Q&A History of MAAEA New meeting: Present it as the START of the dialog with him Asks for Superintendent Chang -bimonthly meeting Program: Panel: Chinese and Vi...